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Originally Posted by susie123
Well showing off a bit I know what it means but don't feel the need to broadcast it by throwing it and its fellows in to a conversation unless it's really called for in the subject matter under discussion (and believe me that might be a discourse that would lull one to sleep very easily!).
To round this off, let's go for sesquipedalian (literally "a foot and a half long"):
Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words : Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.
(Sound familiar?)
Synonyms: bombastic, grandiloquent, long-winded, florid, prolix |
I now know what it means - I had to look it up!